Chapter 33: Get out of Wangjia Village!
The pears have been moved home, and it would be too unkind for Jiang Lianzhu to refuse them again.
Others may have malicious intentions, but Granny Lu is still a genuinely warm-hearted and good neighbor.
"Okay then, thank you!"
Erbao winked at Grandma Lu's two grandsons. They were familiar with each other. "Thank you, Brother Zhuzi, thank you, Brother Shuanzi, hehe..."
Grandma Lu has two grandsons, one is called Zhuzi and the other is called Shuanzi.
They are all strong and sturdy, with a lot of strength.
Xiao Zhuzi was a little surprised when he saw Dabao and the others working. "Hey, what are you doing? Do you want to peel pears? Do you want us to help you..."
Granny Lu winked at them and said, "Go back. They're making autumn pear paste. What are you standing here for? Come back with me."
Afraid they'd see something they shouldn't.
Jiang Lianzhu smiled. "Auntie, this is a good thing to do. Let the two children help us peel the pears. With so many pears, we mothers will have to peel them until midnight. Peeling is the first step, it's no secret. I believe Zhuzi and Shuanzi are definitely good at peeling, faster than Dabao and the others. How about this, let them help us peel the pears together, and then have dinner at my place tonight, how about it?"
Grandma Lu saw that Jiang Lianzhu was speaking sincerely and told them that Erbao had gone to their house yesterday to borrow a knife to peel pears.
It's really not a secret.
These one or two hundred pears all need to be peeled, which is indeed a big project and labor-intensive.
"Alright, forget about dinner. I'll go back and cook. I'll ask them to go home and eat when it's time, and then I'll send them over here to peel the vegetables."
Jiang Lianzhu laughed. "No need to go to all that trouble. Just eat here. I can't let them work for nothing. I'll make something delicious for the kids in the evening."
Zhuzi and Shuanzi were both half-grown boys. When they heard about delicious food, they thought of the dumplings that Jiang Lianzhu asked Erbao to send to their family. The taste was simply amazing.
So delicious!
With a drooling face, he said to Grandma Lu, "Grandma, let's eat at Erbao's house. Grandma, we promise not to be lazy at work. Grandma, just let us eat here..."
Jiang Lianzhu was sincere in her intentions, but the two boys were very naughty and wanted to eat other people's food, so she had no choice but to give up.
He laughed and scolded the bastard a few times, and then left it at that and went home.
***
Old Wang’s house.
The whole place was filled with gloom and sadness. Wang Liupo was lying on the kang. She had been lying there since she came back and said that her whole body was in pain. She has been lying there until now.
If she didn't pretend to be in pain, Old Man Wang would beat her until she couldn't take care of herself.
Even so, Old Man Wang still sent his sons and daughters-in-law away and slapped her hard twice.
Then, Old Man Wang took his sons and carried a large basket of eggs to the village head's house to apologize and make amends.
The daughters-in-law and grandchildren in the family didn't dare to speak loudly and found an excuse to go out and do their work.
Mrs. Wang Liu lay like this for the whole afternoon, and no one dared to come forward to offend her.
She wanted to drink some water but no one offered her any.
If it were any other time, she would have burst into curse words, but now, she endured it again and again and finally endured it.
Naturally, I couldn't sleep, so I lay on the kang, pricked up my ears, and listened to the sounds outside.
"Mom, it's time for dinner. Should we start cooking? Dad and the others will be back soon and want to have dinner..." The fourth son's wife asked timidly at the door.
Mrs. Wang Liu cursed, "You jinx, you even thought it was time to cook dinner! Why don't you hurry into the house and get some food to cook? I'm seriously injured and lying in bed. Are you dead? You haven't come to check on me all afternoon and haven't cared about anything..."
The fourth son's wife didn't say anything and let her scold her. She came in with her head lowered to get the things and left with her head lowered to get the things.
This is the daughter-in-law with the lowest status in Lao Wang's family. She cannot hold her head up because she gave birth to three daughters but no sons.
Usually, Wang Liupo never took her with her when she went out, saying that she was not blessed enough to give birth to a son and that keeping her around would bring bad luck.
Most of the housework in the family is contracted to the fourth daughter-in-law. The second and third daughters-in-law are afraid of offending Wang Liupo and dare not come over, so they send her to ask for food.
As expected, I was scolded for no reason and then left.
Mrs. Wang Liu was about to curse a few more times when she heard someone outside the gate say, "The master is back, our master is back."
Suddenly, Mrs. Wang Liu dared not say a word.
Old man Wang came into the house and brought back a basket of eggs intact.
When Mrs. Wang Liu saw this, her heart trembled. "Old man, the head of the village didn't give in? Is he really going to kick our family out?"
Old Man Wang was fuming and roared fiercely, "If they're not going to chase us away, then they'll chase you, a dumb old widow, out of the village! You're gone! Get the hell out of Wangjia Village!"
Mrs. Wang Liu was trembling all over.
She cried, "Oh, old man, don't I know I was wrong? I've been married to you for decades, and I've given birth to so many sons and grandchildren. You still want to divorce me. Don't you want me to die? I will be careful with my words next time. I beg you, the village head, to forgive my mistakes..."
Wang Laosan, who was standing nearby, interjected, "Mom, Dad was just saying that out of anger. We went to ask the village head, and Dad admitted his mistake on your behalf. He also asked a few other elder uncles in the village to persuade them, and the village head has relented and won't chase us away anymore."
Mrs. Wang Liu wiped her tears and said, "Really? But why didn't you take the eggs?"
Old man Wang was so angry that he wanted to beat someone up, but because his son was beside him, he gave some face to Mrs. Wang Liu.
"How much is a basket of eggs worth? Who would care about it? Such a big thing has happened, and you think you can just brush it off with a basket of eggs?! You old fool, you're only embarrassing me. What are you showing off?"
Wang Liu Pozi's face was covered with spit, but she didn't dare to give in. "Then, what should I do?"
"What should we do? Of course we need to prepare a nice feast, invite a few old uncles to join us, and then invite the village head to come over and apologize to him. What else can we do?"
Mrs. Wang Liu felt distressed, because a good meal was not cheap!
If you want chicken, duck and pork, it will cost a lot of money.
But now that things have come to this, it was all her fault, so she could only admit it, "Old man, don't worry about it, leave it to me, I'll be in charge of cooking the banquet."
"You're already old, yet you're so clueless about what you do. Not only did you hire a swindling fortune teller, but you're also so outspoken that you even dare to scold the head of the village. I think you've become a dog's dog, old woman! You can't even handle a little Jiang, and you've caused me so much trouble. If it weren't for the fact that the children are grown up, I really would have divorced you."
Mrs. Wang Liu complained aggrievedly, "The water ghost spirit in Jiang is very powerful, and there's nothing I can do about it. You also agreed to kick her mother out of the house. You also agreed to me asking a witch to control her. If things weren't done properly and there were mistakes, it was an accident. How can you blame it all on me..."
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